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Orlando Maynard has been on administrative leave since the fatal accidental shooting Wednesday, June 16. The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office charged him June 25 with misdemeanor failure to secure a firearm to protect a minor. Deputies served him with a criminal summons at the Elon Police Department, according to a statement Elon Police Chief Kelly Blackwelder released Tuesday, July 6.
The Guilford County District Attorney’s Office referred a Times-News call Tuesday to Steve Cole, who is on vacation and could not respond in time for publication.
Deputies and other first responders were called to a home in the 700 block of Nellie Gray Place, Whitsett, at 7:35 a.m., Wednesday, June 16, according to a Guilford County Sheriff’s Office news release. A child had been shot accidentally and died later at a local hospital.